Deep Dish Pizza Cupcakes is definitely a favorite new easy recipe at our house! My kiddos love that they can customize their pizza cups with their favorite toppings and I love that they bake quickly. I even put a couple of these in a thermos for my kiddos and they’re still warm by the time they open their lunchbox at school!! Scroll down to grab the recipe!
How to Make Deep Dish Pizza Cupcakes
These are SO easy to make! My kids love making them by themselves, too. (With supervision, of course!)
Pizza Cups Ingredients
- Refrigerated crescent dough sheet – If you don’t have that, you can use crescent rolls and just pinch the seams together.
- Pizza sauce
- Shredded mozzarella cheese – I like the creamy melt kind!
- Garlic powder
- Italian Seasoning
- Pizza toppings – I used pepperoni, black olives, and green peppers, but you can use mushrooms, pineapple, ham, or anything you like best.
Pizza Cupcakes with Crescent Rolls
First, preheat your oven to 375ºF. Spray 8 regular muffin cups very well with cooking spray. (This recipe makes eight pizza cups, so double everything if you need to!) Cut the dough into 8 even squares. Press into muffin tin cups so they cover the space evenly, not overlapping the top edges.
Sprinkle about tablespoons of shredded cheese in the bottom of each muffin cup. You can just eyeball it- it doesn’t have to be exact! Top with 1 Tbsp of pizza sauce. Sprinkle on garlic powder and Italian seasoning. Add remaining cheese and top with pizza toppings.
Bake 12-15 minutes, or until the edges of crescent roll dough turn golden. With a butter knife, loosen the pizza cupcakes from the edges of the pan. Let cool for 5 minutes and remove from pan. Serve immediately. These may be frozen in a sealed container for up to a month. Reheat in the oven at 300 degrees for 18 minutes or until they’re warmed through.
That’s it! Do you think your fam would like these? The flavor is fantastic and it’s an entree that everyone is sure to love, indeed!
More Easy Recipes for Kids
- PB&J Protein Bites – Customize with your favorite jelly!
- Popcorn Pops – Perfect year round!
- French Toast Muffins – Easy Make Ahead Breakfast Idea
Deep Dish Pizza Cupcakes
Packed with your fave toppings, these Deep Dish Pizza Cupcakes are cheesy, delicious, and easy to make!
Ingredients
- 1 (8-oz) refrigerated crescent dough sheet
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- Pizza toppings – any you like!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375ºF. Spray 8 regular muffin cups very well with cooking spray.
- Cut crescent roll dough into 8 even squares. Press into muffin cups so they cover the space evenly, not overlapping the top edges.
- Sprinkle 1 tbsp shredded cheese in the bottom of each muffin cup. Top with 1 Tbsp of pizza sauce. Add remaining cheese and top with pizza toppings.
- Sprinkle garlic powder and Italian seasoning over toppings.
- Bake 15-18 minutes, or until edges of crescent roll dough turns golden.
- With a butter knife, loosen the pizza cupcakes from the edges of the pan. Let cool for 5 minutes and remove from pan. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 91Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 223mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 5g
